Re: Another little puzzle

From	Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.programming
Subject	Re: Another little puzzle
Date	2022-12-25 01:55 +0000
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Mike Terry <news.dead.person.stones@darjeeling.plus.com> writes:

> ... But actually the balancing line idea wasn't my proper thinking -
> that was that we "counter-balanced" the circle by adding a new weight
> somewhere on the circle.  There is a unique such place where such a
> weight can go, and a unique weight that works.

Or just find the point in the (weightless) disc where it balances.
That's the vector average.

> The "average" for the
> x_i is then directly OPPOSITE the counter weight.  This is all
> assuming we don't start with an exactly balancing sample!
> The mass of
> the counter-weight is the magnitude of your vector sum, indicating the
> "strength" of the average...

The distance from the centre is then a measure of the strength of the
average.

I like the physical metaphor of a balanced disc, but I prefer the idea
of finding the balance point directly rather than the mass and location
(on the circumference) of a counterweight.

-- 
Ben.

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  Re: Another little puzzle Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-12-22 04:10 +0000
    Re: Another little puzzle Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2022-12-24 06:21 -0800
      Re: Another little puzzle Mike Terry <news.dead.person.stones@darjeeling.plus.com> - 2022-12-24 16:53 +0000
        Re: Another little puzzle Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2022-12-24 17:14 +0000
        Re: Another little puzzle Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-12-24 22:30 +0000
          Re: Another little puzzle Mike Terry <news.dead.person.stones@darjeeling.plus.com> - 2022-12-25 00:02 +0000
            Re: Another little puzzle Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-12-25 01:30 +0000
            Re: Another little puzzle Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-12-25 01:55 +0000
        Re: Another little puzzle Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2022-12-25 00:37 -0800
      Re: Another little puzzle Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-12-25 00:41 +0000
        Re: Another little puzzle Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2022-12-25 01:05 -0800
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          Re: Another little puzzle Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-12-25 21:44 +0000
            Re: Another little puzzle Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2022-12-25 17:59 -0500
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              Re: Another little puzzle Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-12-26 03:18 +0000
            Re: Another little puzzle Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2022-12-25 18:35 -0800
              Re: Another little puzzle Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2022-12-26 03:49 +0000

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